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Saturday, January 24, 2009

Get ready for the DC budget considerations!

The City Council will vote on the FY 2008 audit/FY 2009 oversight hearing schedule and the FY 2010 budget hearing schedule at the Tuesday, January 27 Committee of the Whole meeting. The COW will meet at 10:00 am in the Council Chambers (5th floor) in the Wilson Building. Check back here for the approved skeds, including a list of child- and youth-related hearings.

These hearing schedules are important: They kick off the most important debates the District (government and community) will have this year. It is expected that both the audit/oversight and the budget hearings will be hard, painful and full of angst for all. Why? The Fenty Administration is trimming more than $450 million from the Local funds target of $5,816,110,000. This figure is based on the CFO's December 2008 revenue estimate (See the CFO Web site.) and is in anticipation of future rev estimates.

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